Originally Posted by
Buckeye Rose
I always prewash, and wash everything as fabrics will shrink at a different rate.....sewing a piece of washed/dried fabric next to a piece of never washed fabric can cause problems when the quilted item is finally washed. The unwashed will then shrink, causing pulling bad enough to tear out seams. So I always prewash and no problems!
Or not. I make scrap quilts and some of the fabrics have been washed and some haven't been washed. I always wash the quilt as soon as the last stitch goes in the binding. After the quilt has been washed you can't tell which fabrics were pre washed and which weren't.